If the life within continued to dissipate,
it would take millions of years before life could appear again!
"I truly didn't know you were trying to save him!"
Chu Yan said, full of regret.
If he had known the other's intention,
he would never have been so reckless no matter what anyone said!
"Never mind—there was no fatal injury anyway. Just the loss of tens of thousands of years!"
Given the human's sincerity,
the Nirvana Divine Flame Fire Spirit did not press the matter further.
Tens of thousands of years might be an eternity for ordinary people,but to the Nirvana Divine Flame it was no more than the blink of an eye.
Only the Primordial Phoenix's Child's long inability to awaken made the fire spirit a little anxious.
"Human, what are you doing here?"
the Nirvana Divine Flame Fire Spirit asked.
"To tame a Divine Fire!"
"Tame me?"
"Don't you already have the Cangtian Virtual Flame? You still want to tame me? Humans' greed knows no bounds!"
"I don't just have the Cangtian Virtual Flame. I also have the Great Cosmos Divine Flame, the Extinction Demonic Flame, and the Chaos Divine Flame!"
Chu Yan said calmly.
"What? You actually have so many Divine Flames? Impossible. Even in ancient times no one could have tamed so many Divine Flames, especially the Chaos Divine Flame—it has never manifested in the world since ancient times!"
The Nirvana Fire Spirit was startled at first,
then immediately voiced doubts.
Other Divine Flames had appeared before, but the Chaos Divine Flame had never surfaced since antiquity.
Chu Yan smiled.
He opened his right hand, and a pitch-black flame appeared in his palm.
That flame did not look like normal fire;
it looked like chaotic runes burning.
"This aura... this truly is the Chaos Divine Flame!"
"How could you possibly have found even that?"
The Nirvana Fire Spirit gave a shocked cry.
Has the Chaos Divine Flame appeared in this era as well?
"Do you want to see my other two Divine Flames?"
Chu Yan asked.
The Nirvana Fire Spirit hesitated, then asked, "Human, since you already possess four Divine Flames, why are you still collecting others?"
"Isn't so many Divine Flames enough for anyone?"
"What are your intentions?"
In terms of attack,
the Chaos Divine Flame's power alone could pulverize any other Divine Flame.
Collecting so many would seem pointless!
"To be honest, I want to fuse them into a heavenly-mundane flame that surpasses Divine Flames!"
"To achieve that feat, I must collect a sufficient number of Divine Flames!"
Chu Yan answered.
"A heavenly-mundane flame that surpasses Divine Flames?"
"Human, are you certain such a heavenly-mundane flame exists?"
"If I say it exists, then it exists!"
"Well? Want to come with me and someday become a being that surpasses Divine Flames?"
"Going is impossible. You already see my situation; I cannot leave here. At least until the Primordial Phoenix's Child fully awakens I will not depart!"
Whether the Nirvana Fire Spirit believed him or not,
it ultimately refused.
"How long until he fully awakens?"
"At least a million years!"
"Human, do not waste your efforts. Even if the Primordial Phoenix's Child fully awakens, I will not leave the Phoenix clan!"
The Nirvana Fire Spirit gave a definite reply.
He was born alongside the Primordial Phoenix,
and was the Phoenix clan's exclusive Divine Fire;
he could not leave the Phoenix clan!
"A million years?"
Chu Yan's mouth twitched slightly.
Who knew what the Mortal Realm would become after a million years!
"It seems you are unaware of the current situation in the Mortal Realm!"
Chu Yan sighed.
"No matter what the situation is, it has nothing to do with me!"
the Nirvana Fire Spirit said.
"How can it have nothing to do with you?"
"To be frank, you're just lucky. This region happens to fall within our Chu family's sphere of influence and is protected by a barrier!"
"Otherwise you would have already been forcibly subdued by the Demon Race, and even the Primordial Phoenix's Child would likely have become food in the belly of the demons!"
"The Demon Race? Where would the Demon Race come from in the Mortal Realm?"
the Nirvana Fire Spirit asked.
"Looks like you really know nothing of the outside world!"
"The Demon Race's armies have already descended upon our Mortal Realm. Nearly ten Demon Lord-level elites have come, and Dominator Realm and Infinite Realm warriors are as numerous as stars!"
"Just when I entered here, a Demon God from the Flame Demon clan discovered this place; we even fought in the volcanic channel!"
"This means the demons have found this place. Do you honestly think you can remain safe here?"
Chu Yan asked.
The Nirvana Divine Flame coveted him,
but since the other had gained sentience, it did not want to use force unless absolutely necessary.
"What? Even those Demon Lords have come?"
The Nirvana Fire Spirit grew panicked,
its golden flames beginning to tremble.
Even as a Divine Fire, it could not harm those opponents.
Worse, if the Demon Race truly discovered this place,
the Primordial Phoenix's Child would indeed be in danger—the demons were an extremely bloodthirsty lot!
What could be done?
"Human, is what you said true?"
the Nirvana Fire Spirit asked in a deep voice.
Wasn't the passage from the Mortal Realm to the Demon World closed?
How could those creatures enter this world?
"If you speak one false word, may heaven strike you with lightning!"
Chu Yan said seriously.
The Nirvana Fire Spirit fell into thought.
If true, then the place was indeed in grave danger!
"Alas, it's a pity the Primordial Phoenix's Child hasn't fully awakened; otherwise his phoenix bloodline could open the seal on the passage and flee into the Ancient Phoenix Realm!"
The Nirvana Fire Spirit looked at the lava lake below.
"Human, you say Demon Lords have descended. How can your people withstand such a terrifying assault?"
"To be frank, our people are protected by the Chu family Beast God. Repelling Demon Lords is hardly a challenge!"
"Previously, four Demon Lords even perished at the hands of the Beast God, leaving the others wounded and unwilling to personally intervene!"
"The Beast God? Who is that?"
"It is a World-Creation Realm divine dragon!"
"A World-Creation Realm divine dragon? Could it be the Primordial Dragon? Has a Supreme Divine Realm powerhouse descended?"
"No. The Beast God is a dragon native to the Mortal Realm. The reason our Mortal Realm hasn't entirely fallen is because of the Beast God's existence!"
"Moreover, the Beast God's methods are unfathomable. Perhaps it could quickly awaken the Primordial Phoenix's Child!"
"Heh, human, stop boasting. Even a World-Creation Realm expert cannot bring the dead back to life!"
The Nirvana Fire Spirit sneered coldly.
In terms of rebirth through Nirvana, it dared to claim second place; no one could claim first!
"Then how about a bet? If the Beast God truly can awaken the Primordial Phoenix's Child in a short time, will you willingly accept me as your master?"
Chu Yan said with a smile.
"Hmph, don't try to use that on me!"
Chu Yan pleaded earnestly, "Think about it! If it succeeds, wouldn't that be exactly what you want? If it fails, you can remain beside a World-Creation Realm expert and continue nurturing the Primordial Phoenix's Child. Isn't that all benefit and no harm to you?"
"Unless you don't want the Primordial Phoenix's Child to wake soon?"
"Nonsense. I wish he would wake right now!"
"Alright, human. Then as you say—if your Beast God can indeed awaken the Primordial Phoenix's Child in a short time, I will accept you as my master. What harm is there in that?"